Cloth-measuring machine.



R. G. NICHOLAS.

CLOTH MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1906.

904,078. Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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R. G. NICHOLAS. CLOTH MEASURING MACHINE. APPLICATION IILED JULY 9, 190a.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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Suveutoz INQQ i UNIT D STATES PATEiy'r OFFICE,

ROBERT G. NICHOLAS, OF CLYDE, I

CLOTH-MEASURING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent;

' Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed. July 9, 1908. Serial No. 142,673.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ROBERT Gr. NICHOLAS, citizen offthe United States,residing at Clyde, in the. countybf'Cloud and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new ful Improvements in Cloth-Measuring Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

I The present invention relates to a novel device forquickly andaccurately determining the length of cloth or textile fabric upon a reel.or for measuring any desired amount of the cloth from the reel.

The object of theinveution is'the proviis to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 1s a sid QlGVRtIOIl of a cloth measuring'machine embodying theinvena Fig. 1. Fig.

tion. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, portions being broken away.Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of at is aperspective view of one of the sides ofthe machine. Fig. 5 is adctailview of one of the blocks for engaging one end of the belt or reelupon which the I cloth iswound. .F 1g. 6 1s a similar '1C\\' of lCorrespond'ng and one of the'blocks for engaging the opposite end.otthebolt, or reel upon which the cloth is Wound. vF1 7 1s a. sectionalview on the l ne 7 oil 1g. 2.

like parts are referred to in the following description and indicatedinall .theviews of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring tothe drawings, the numerals 1 i and 2 designate thesidepieces of the machine, the side piece 1 being provided at its hopposit'e ends with the lateral extensions?) which are-slotted? to receiveclamping nuts 4 carried bycorrespondnig lateral extens1ons5 upon thesideplece 2. When the clamping nuts 4 are loosened the side pieces anduseroller. the cloth passin the pointer t 1 and 2 may be drawn togetheror moved apart as required by the width of the cloth to be measured,while when the clamping nuts are tightened the two side pieces are heldrigidly in position. The side piece 1 is also provided at its middleportion With a laterally projecting arm 6 which is disposed between theextensions 3 and projects beyond the side 'piece 2. This lateral arm 6.

terminates in a standard 7 and journaled between bearings 8 upon thisstandard and the side piece 1 is a measuring roller 9, the middleportion of the side piece 2 being cut away or depressed at 2 to providea clear- Bearing ance for the measuring roller. blocks 10 are slidablymounted both upon the standard 7 and the side piece l and journaledbetween these bearing blocks isa tension roller 11 which is held in ayielding engagement with the measuring roller by means of the springs12.

Rig-idly applied to the pivot member at one end of thc measuring rolleris a primary indicating disk 13 having a suitable scale marked thereonfor cooperation with a pointer--11 to designate the amount of clothmeasured by a partial revolution of the g around the measuring rollerbetween the same and the tension roller and the tension roller servingto hold thecloth against the measurin roller and to prevent any slippingthereo The pivot stud :arrying the indicating disk 13 is also providedwith a pinion 15 meshing with teeth upon the periphery of a secondaryindicating disk 16 provided with a scale designed to cooperate with apointer 17 to indicate the number'of yards of the cloth or fabric whichhave passed around the meas uring roller. In the present instance themeasuring roller has a circumference of onehalf yard so that eachrevolution thereof will measure a half yard of the cloth, and theprimary indicating disk 18 is provided with a scale reading byone-sixteenths from zero to one-half. The scale upon the secondaryindicating disk 16 reads from zero to seventy and cooperates with 17 todesignate the number of whole or half yards which have passed a dctent'18 being provided to "prearound the measuring roller,'

)2 which. the cloth is to be wound after being measured is journaledbetween the upward "extensions at the opposite end of the machine.Threaded within one of the bushings 19 at each end of the machine is ascrew 20, the outer end of the screw being formed with a handle 20 whilethe inner end has a block 21 swiveled thereon.- These blocks 21 areshown as forked and are de-' signed to engage one end of the bolt orreel as indicated on the drawing. J ournaled within the opposite bushingof each pair is a shaft 22 carrying a block 23 similar to the blocks-21,one of the shafts having a handle 24 applied thereto. 25

In the operation of the machine the side pieces 1 and 2 are adjusted toaccommodate the reel or bolt to be measured and the bolt upon-which thecloth is wound is secured between the blocks 21 and 23 at one end of thevmachine. In this connection it may be mentioned that by turning thescrews 20 to move the blocks 21 outwardly the bolts may be released,while by'turning the screws in the opposite direction and moving theblocks inwardly the bolts will be securely clamped in position. Thecloth is then threaded between the measuring roller 9 and the tensionroller 11 and attached tothe bolt or reel to which it is to be wound. Byturning the handle 24 the cloth may then be drawn around the measuringroller. and wound upon the second reel, the quantity of the clothpassing from the first bolt to the second bolt being accuratelyindicated by means of the disks 13 and v16, the latter mentioned diskregistering the number of full or half yards while the first mentioneddisk registers any fractions of a half yard.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: p

1. In a measuring machine of the character described,'the combination ofa pair of side pieces formed with corresponding lateral extensions whichare adjustably c011- nected, an arm projecting from one of the sidepiecesand provided with a standard, a measuring roller journaled betweenthe said side piece and the standard, and reels journaled between theside pieces.

2. In a measuring machine of the character described, the combination ofa pair of side pieces formed with lateral extensions having anadjustable connection, an arm projecting from one of the side pieces andprovided with a standard, the opposite side piece being formed with acut away portion, a measuring roller journaled between the firstmentioned side piece and the standard and operating within the cut awayportion "of the second mentioned side piece, and reels journaled betweenthe side pieces.

3. In a measuring machlne of the character described, the combination ofa pair of side pieces formed with lateral extensions which areadjustably connected to admit of the side pieces being .moved toward oraway from each other, reels mounted between the side pieces, blocksjournaled upon the side pieces for engaging the reels, means vforadjusting the blocks toward or away from each other, and a measuringroller carried at one end by one of the side pieces and located betweenthe reels, the cloth passing around the measuring roller as it is woundfrom one reel to the opposite reel.

4. In a measuring machine of the character described, the combination ofa pair of side pieces formed with corresponding lateral extensions whichare adj ustably connected to admit of the side pieces being moved towardor away from each other, a lateral arm projecting fromone side piece andprovided with a standard, the opposite side piece being formed with acut away por tion, a measuring roller journaled between the firstmentioned side piece and the standard and operating within the';cutawayportion of. the second mentioned side piece, indicating disks actuatedby the measuring roller, pointers cooperating with the indieating disksto register the length of the "cloth passed around the measuring roller,and reels journaled between the side pieces, the cloth passing aroundthe measuring roller as it is wound from one reel upon the oppositereel.

5. In a measuring 'machine of the character described, the combinationof side pieces, means for adj ustably connecting the side pieces toadmit of their being moved toward or away from each other, a lateral armpro-" jecting from one side piece and provided with a standard, ameasuring roller journaled between the standard and the said side piece,a tension roller also journaled between the standard and the side pieceand bearing yieldingly against the measuring roller, and reels journaledbetween the side pieces, the cloth passing around the measuring rolleras it is wound from one reel upon the opposite reel.

G. In a measuring machine of the character described, the combination ofa pair of side pieces, means adjustably connecting the side pieces toadmit of their being moved. toward or away from each other, a lateralarm projecting from oneside piece and extending beyond the opposite sidepiece, the

/ s aid lateral arm bein formed with a stand In testimon whereof I afiixmy signature f tl'atd, a. measuring 1 '0 lel jonrnziled between inpresence 0 two witnesses.

V "the standard and the said. side-piece, and

reels journaled between the side pieces, the ROBERT NICHOLAS f 5 clothpassing around the measuring roller as Witnesses:

it'is Wound from one reel upon the opposite 7.. T. ROFF,

reel. L. E. STIMSOZN.

